题目内容：

Just several days ago, a violent storm hit our community. I looked out of the window and witnessed a tree being ____ by the fierce winds. The branches bent, and swayed back and forth, thanks to their ____ to avoid breaking. The leaves desperately stuck to the branches because their life ____ the tree. The powerful trunk that ____ the tree upright bent slightly backwards from the force in a battle to ____ its position.

After the storm had passed, the tree gracefully returned to its ____ position standing tall among the chaos. It managed to ____ the storm. It didn’t look the same as leaves had shed from its branches and the soil had loosened a bit, but what ____ is that the tree won the fight for its life.

For a long time I couldn’t understand why this tree ____ my attention the way it did. As time passed, it became ____ that it wasn’t just about the tree but about the roots, which, although unseen, dig deep into the soil providing ____ and nutrition. The roots allow the tree to be able to take a ____ because they are there to support them.

I couldn’t but ask myself how deep the roots are in my life. ____, the next time you catch your kids ___, when the job is driving you crazy, when you are underpaid and the ____ is tight, and when the storms of life are raging, go back to your roots. Life is full of ____. They will make you sway, make you ___, make you lose some leaves but the deeper your roots the stronger you stand.

Faced with ____ you might bend but don’t break. No matter how hard the wind blows don’t let life ___ you into an uncomfortable position. Your ____ lies in your roots.

1.A. crushed    B. abused    C. broken    D. removed

2.A. height    B. thickness    C. flexibility    D. outline

3.A. answered for    B. depended on    C. catered for    D. touched on

4.A. held    B. tied    C. pulled    D. raised

5.A. achieve    B. reach    C. establish    D. maintain

6.A. current    B. final    C. original    D. comfortable

7.A. explore    B. avoid    C. chase    D. survive

8.A. counts    B. differs    C. concerns    D. reveals

9.A. fixed    B. transferred    C. escaped    D. caught

10.A. strange    B. obvious    C. possible    D. reasonable

11.A. surroundings    B. resources    C. probability    D. stability

12.A. beating    B. stand    C. chance    D. turning

13.A. However    B. Therefore    C. Nevertheless    D. Besides

14.A. misbehaving    B. struggling    C. withdrawing    D. misunderstanding

15.A. security    B. deadline    C. money    D. community

16.A. surprises    B. choices    C. storms    D. changes

17.A. smile    B. bend    C. hesitate    D. advance

18.A. opportunities    B. challenges    C. tasks    D. differences

19.A. trick    B. argue    C. force    D. admit

20.A. courage    B. ambition    C. value    D. strength